6th February
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Vithal Suryavanshi
Vivek Dahiya
Key insights from a series of discussions with the biggest decision makers in the industry.
Insights from Kotak Alternate Asset Managers on the meteoric rise of Data Centres in India.
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Caique Feliciano
DirectorGRI Club
India
Cyan Hirata Schmidt
Director / RE IndiaGRI Club
India
6th February, 14:30 - 15:30 | Opening Panel Discussion
Strategic Vision for Data Centers in India
Insights into the Future Plans of Key Players
Rachit Mohan
JLL India
India
Manoj Paul
Managing DirectorEquinix India
India
Manoj is responsible for leading Equinix’s business strategy in India. Manoj joined Equinix in 2021 following the acquisition of GPX India. As the MD, he successfully helped GPX India become India’s most hyperconnected carrier-neutral edge data center with an unparalleled ecosystem of carriers, content providers & cloud service providers. He has over 25 years of experience in the IT and telecom infrastructure and services industry. Before GPX, he has held senior management positions in leading ICT companies, incl. Bharti Airtel where he was the COO for Enterprise Business, Lucent Technologies (acquired by Nokia), HCL and Avaya. He holds an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad and a BE in Electronics and Telecomm. from the Jabalpur Engineering College.
Nikhil Rathi
Founder & CEOWeb Werks Data Centers India
India
Nikhil is a serial tech entrepreneur and Founder & CEO of Web Werks, a global leader in Data Centers and Cloud Services. Web Werks has partnered in 2021 with Iron Mountain Data Centers to enhance its presence pan India and cater to a growing base of international customers.
Nikhil is also the founder of Neosoft Technologies, Next Star Venture Capital LLP and the largest Internet Exchange (IX) in India which later merged in the year 2017 to form DECIX in India. With over 22+ years of technology experience, he brings in a deep understanding of each industry and has a keen business sense.
Nikhil holds a Master Degree in Computer Science, MBA (Marketing) from
Nichols College (US) and is also a Graduate in Finance and Business.
Sanjay Bhutani
CBOAdaniConnex
India
A management professional with 28 years of experience in various fields like IT/ Telecom, Business Development, Sales & Marketing, Cloud and Data Center Build, Vendor Management, Customer Service, Business Processes and many others. Expertise: • Ideating the Vision and Mission of companies by adding a sense of purpose to their operations. • Planning, blueprinting and profitable execution of Data center, Telecom & IT projects, SMEs and Cloud Business. • Proficiency in dealing with big data and analytics • Large data center build & Operations, Business Planning and Investor Process. • Built strong networking relations with OTTs, Global Telecom Operators in key international markets to enhance global presence.
Sharad Agarwal
CEO Sify Infinit Spaces LtdSify
India
Sridhar Pinnapureddy
Founder&CEOCtrl S
India
Mr. Sridhar Pinnapureddy is a First Generation Entrepreneur and Founder of CtrlS Datacenters, Cloud4C. Today the Group has presence in 25 Countries and 50 locations worldwide serving Fortune 500 Global Multinationals. He has steered over 200 innovations and credited with launching First Rated 4 Data Center in India. Mr. Sridhar has been recognized for his good work in business as well as social initiatives, and is a recipient of several awards including E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year (Finalist) Award, Rajiv Gandhi Shiromani by Global Economic Council (GEC), Business Transformer of the Year Award, TV5 Business Leader Award, Best Entrepreneur of the Year, Outstanding Entrepreneur of the year (APEA), Karamveer Puraskar among others.
6th February, 16:00 - 17:00 | Breakout Discussion
Navigating Debt Financing for Data Centers in India
Challenges and Opportunities in Scaling Digital Infrastructure
Co-chairs
Jyoti GadiaResurgent India Moderator
Ramaiy KapoorKotak Alternate Asset Managers Moderator
Jayant GawkarKotak Mahindra Bank
Manmeet Singh GulatiStandard Chartered
Varun ManiarElectromech Infraprojects Pvt. Ltd.
Vivek AgarwalAecom India
Readiness of Energy Infrastructure Capability for DCs
Do we need a complete overhaul to meet future technological demands?
Co-chairs
Benjamin IsaacJLL India Moderator
Bharat GuptaGreenzo Energy India Ltd Moderator
Aditya MalpaniAMP Energy India
Kamlesh HarchandaniCapitaLand Limited
Narendra SenNeevCloud
Parag SharmaO2 Power
Sandeep DandekarCurrently Unaffiliated
Shridhar NarayanHiranandani Group
Sukrit AnandDigital Connexion
Navigating Debt Financing for Data Centers in India
Challenges and Opportunities in Scaling Digital Infrastructure
Moderator
Jyoti Gadia
Managing Director
Resurgent India
Moderator
Ramaiy Kapoor
Director | Real Assets Group
Kotak Alternate Asset Managers
Jayant Gawkar
Senior Vice President - Infrastructure & Debt Capital Markets
Kotak Mahindra Bank
Manmeet Singh Gulati
Director
Standard Chartered
Varun Maniar
Managing Director
Electromech Infraprojects Pvt. Ltd.
Vivek Agarwal
Executive Director - B+P India Strategy & Growth Leader
Aecom India
Jyoti Gadia
Managing DirectorResurgent India
India
Mr. Jyoti Prakash Gadia is considered a thought leader in strategic leadership and merchant banking.
Under his leadership, Resurgent India Ltd. has emerged as a leading investment banking firm.
Resurgent India Ltd., a Category 1 merchant banker, offers an array of services such as Real Estate Project Funding, Private Equity, Debt Syndication, M&A, Stressed Asset Funding, Project Finance, Valuation, Project Feasibility Analysis, Legal & much more.
Jyoti Prakash Gadia is the Co-Founder & MD of ScoreMe Solutions, A Fintech company and a council member of the Institute of
Cost Accountants of India.
Ramaiy Kapoor
Director | Real Assets GroupKotak Alternate Asset Managers
Mauritius
Jayant Gawkar
Senior Vice President - Infrastructure & Debt Capital MarketsKotak Mahindra Bank
India
Manmeet Singh Gulati
DirectorStandard Chartered
India
Varun Maniar
Managing DirectorElectromech Infraprojects Pvt. Ltd.
India
Mr. Varun Maniar is the Managing Director with more than 8 years of experience in diversified profiles at Electromech. He holds an BE in Electrical Engineering and Finance from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Having worked in various profiles in Financial Markets, Investment Banking and Fixed Income Research, and has expertise in Project Finance, Business Strategy, Corporate Finance and Business Development
He is a dynamic new generation Entrepreneur and is the think tank behind business excellence and transformational Projects at Electromech.
Vivek Agarwal
Executive Director - B+P India Strategy & Growth LeaderAecom India
India
Readiness of Energy Infrastructure Capability for DCs
Do we need a complete overhaul to meet future technological demands?
Moderator
Benjamin Isaac
Senior Director, Markets
JLL India
Moderator
Bharat Gupta
Executive Director- Government Relations and Corporate Affairs
Greenzo Energy India Ltd
Aditya Malpani
Sr Director & Regional Head - West
AMP Energy India
Kamlesh Harchandani
VP & Head of Data Center Design and Development
CapitaLand Limited
Narendra Sen
NeevCloud
Parag Sharma
Founder and CEO
O2 Power
Sandeep Dandekar
Senior Director
Currently Unaffiliated
Shridhar Narayan
CEO - Hiranandani Group, Real Estate & Infrastructure Business
Hiranandani Group
Sukrit Anand
Head Investments
Digital Connexion
Benjamin Isaac
Senior Director, MarketsJLL India
India
Bharat Gupta
Executive Director- Government Relations and Corporate AffairsGreenzo Energy India Ltd
India
Aditya Malpani
Sr Director & Regional Head - WestAMP Energy India
India
Kamlesh Harchandani
VP & Head of Data Center Design and DevelopmentCapitaLand Limited
Singapore
Narendra Sen
NeevCloud
India
Parag Sharma
Founder and CEOO2 Power
India
Parag is Founder and CEO of O2 Power, a recently set up company, which has raised 500 million US Dollar from EQT and Temasek. This company is focused on setting up large scale wind and solar projects in India. Parag has worked in power sector for almost 23 years. Before starting O2 Power, Parag has worked with ReNew as Chief Operating Officer for 8 years and was instrumental in setting up 5 GW of wind and solar capacity. Parag has also worked as Director in KPMG’s transaction service division and have spent significant 10 years in consulting Industry.
Sandeep Dandekar
Senior DirectorCurrently Unaffiliated
India
Shridhar Narayan
CEO - Hiranandani Group, Real Estate & Infrastructure BusinessHiranandani Group
India
As the CEO - Hiranandani Group Real Estate & Infrastructure Business, he drives the Business Strategy & Re-engineering, Operations,Investments/Divestments & M & A. across business verticals of Real estate, Infrastructure/Utilities, Industrial & Logistics parks. He is also associated with Pegasus Fininvest Advisory Pvt. Ltd. Prior to Hiranandani Group, He was the Group director & CEO of a large entity operating in the Hospitality and Real estate sector. He was also the Group CFO of “Future Capital Holdings Ltd.” He was the CFO for “Britannia Industries Ltd.”. He has had a long stint of 7 years with “Coca-Cola India” as Vice-President Finance and as a board member at the bottling company “Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Ltd.
Sukrit Anand
Head InvestmentsDigital Connexion
India
6th February, 17:30 - 18:30 | Closing Panel Discussion
Meeting Occupier Demands
How Data Centers in India Can Align with Tenant Needs for Scalability, Technology, Sustainability, and Security
Moderator
Vithal Suryavanshi
Partner
Kotak Alternate Asset Managers
Moderator
Vivek Dahiya
Head of Advisory & Transaction Services, Data Centre Group, Asia Pacific, Cushman & Wakefield.
Cushman & Wakefield - India
Anil
Reddy
Co-Founder & Global CEO
Lumina CloudInfra
Deepak
Yachamaneni
Executive Director - Asset Management
EverYondr
Piyush
Gupta
Vice President International, Hyperscalers & Govt.
Yotta Data Services
Vinod
Javur
COO
Digital Edge DC
Vithal Suryavanshi
PartnerKotak Alternate Asset Managers
India
Vivek Dahiya
Head of Advisory & Transaction Services, Data Centre Group, Asia Pacific, Cushman & Wakefield.Cushman & Wakefield - India
India
Anil Reddy
Co-Founder & Global CEOLumina CloudInfra
India
Deepak Yachamaneni
Executive Director - Asset ManagementEverYondr
India
A senior business leader with over 20 years of experience, Deepak has advised and worked with Financial Institutions and Private Equity Funds in cross functional roles.
He is committed to long-term value creation with proven capabilities in conceptualizing and building successful businesses and across the full investment lifecycle.
Deepak is currently part of the leadership team of the EverYondr DC platform building Hyperscale Data centres across India. He is responsible for business strategy, capital raise and hyperscale relationships.
He earlier set up the India business for Bridge Data centres, backed by Bain Capital and was involved in the merger and subsequent listing of the combined entity on NASDAQ.
His earlier roles were with Avendus, Barclays and Kotak.
He is an alumnus of IIM Lucknow where he received his full time MBA and has earned his Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
Piyush Gupta
Vice President International, Hyperscalers & Govt.Yotta Data Services
India
Vinod Javur
COODigital Edge DC
India
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